464 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



far back, througli Mr. Robert Gray's courtesy. Mr. M'Vean 

 resided some years in Yedo, the capital of Japan, and gives 

 us some interesting notes on the birds (about 75 species, per- 

 haps not in every case quite accurately identified) which he 

 observed there. Mr. M'Vean " was much struck with the 

 extraordinary number of birds of various kinds to be seen 

 within its boundaries. The profusion of bird life, indeed, 

 appeared to be especially worthy of remark, bearing in 

 mind the great extent and population of Yedo, and the 

 traffic and noise of its busy streets. In the midst of this, 

 and often within reach of the cast of a trout-rod from the 

 sides of crowded streets, wild fowl of all descriptions, from 

 a snipe to a swan, floated quietly at their ease or fed on land, 

 without heeding the bustle around them, or being disturbed 

 by the passing crowds.^' 



73. ' Ornithologist and Oologist.' 



[Ornitliologist and Oologist. Published by Jos. M. Wade, vol. vi. 

 DOS. 10, 11. Royal 8vo. Norwich, Conn. : 1881-82.] 



We have looked through two numbers of this popular 

 journal of American ornithology (which seems already to be 

 in its sixth volume) Avith much pleasure. We may call 

 attention to the notes on the nesting of Geococcyx (p. 85) . 



74. Pelzeln on the Progress of Ornithology in 1880. 



[Bericht iiber die Leistimgen in der Naturgeschichte der Vogel wahrend 

 des Jahres 1880. Von August von Pelzeln. Arch, fiir Naturgesch. 

 Berlin, 1882.] 



We have to thank Herr v. Pelzeln for a copy of his Re- 

 cord of the Progress of Ornithology in 1880. Great atten- 

 tion, we observe, is paid to the smaller and more popular 

 memoirs relating to the European fauna. 



75. Pelzeln on Central-African Birds. 



[Ueber Dr. Emin Bey's zweite Sendimg von Yogeln aus Central- 

 Afrika. Von August von Pelzeln. Verb, zool.-bot. Gcsell. AVieii, 

 1881, p. 605.] 



Herr v. Pelzeln describes a second collection of birds (174 



